1. The literature on
Jerome is immense. The most often quoted general works are
Zöckler, Hieronymus. Gotha, 1865 and Thierry, St.
Jérome Par. 1867. On Jerome in general the article by
Freemantle in Smith and Wace Dict. of Christian Biography is the
first for the English reader to turn to. Ceillier and other
patrologies, while sufficiently full for their purpose, give very
little special treatment to this work, Ebert (Gesch.
chr.-Lat.-Lit. Lpz. 1874) being a partial exception to this
statement. The best literary sources are the prolegomena and notes to
the various editions of the work itself. Much the same may be said of
Gennadius though the relative importance of his catalogue among
his writings gives that a larger proportionate attention. In English
the article by Cazenove in Smith and Wace and in French the account in
the Histoire litteraire de la France are the best generally accessible
references.

2. Literature on the writers
mentioned by Jerome and Gennadius. Any one who cares to follow up
in English the study of any of the writers mentioned in the Lives of
illustrious men will find tools therefor: 1. For the earlier writers to
the time of Eusebius, Eusebius Church History tr. M’Giffert (N.
Y. Chr. Lit. Co.) notes. 2. For the whole period: Smith and Wace
Dict. of Christian Biography, 4 vols. and more accessible to most
(though a cheap reprint of Smith and Wace is now threatened) Schaff.
Church Hist. (N. Y. Scribners) where at the end of each volume an
account is given of the chief writers of the period including admirable
bibliographical reference.

Of course the best source is the
works themselves: The Ante-Nicene Fathers, ed. Coxe, The
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers ed. Schaff and Wace. (N. Y.
Christian Literature Co.) For further research the student is referred
to the list of Patrologies and Bibliographies in the supplementary
volume of the Ante-Nicene Fathers, to the bibliography of Ante-Nicene
Fathers in the same volume, to Chevalier. Dict. des sources hist. and
the memoranda by Sittl, in the Jahresberichte ü. d. fortschr. d.
class. Alterthwiss. 1887 sq.